Akio Mimura

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Akio Mimura (2 November 1940) is the President of Nippon Steel Corporation and a director of Hakluyt's international advisory board The Holdingham Group Advisory Board.

Career

After graduating from University, Mimura joined Fuji Iron & Steel in 1963, remaining with the company when it was renamed Nippon Steel Corporation having merged with Yawata Steel in 1970. In 2003 he was named President of the corporation after negotiating and alliance between Sumitomo Metal Industries and Kobe Steel.[1]

In June 2003, Mimura was named chairman of the Japan Iron & Steel Federation, an organisation which represents 136 member companies and trade associations.[1]

He became director of Hakluyt's international advisory board The Holdingham Group Advisory Board[2] on 1 July 2013.

Education

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Akio Mimura profile Reference for Business, undated, accessed 25 September 2014
  2. Holdingham advisory board Holdingham, undated, accessed 25 September 2014